now on bbc news, it is time for click. this week, the plant with the secret in its seeds. a plane that can fly itself and, dinner is served. and it is an acquired taste. in the middle of the otherworldly landscape of iceland, something strange is going on. 130,000 barley plants are slowly making their way from one end of this greenhouse to the other. what is even stranger is what this barley is going to be used for. it is in the food chain, but it s not food for us and it s not food for animals. food for us and it s not food foranimals. no, this is something much, much weirder than that. this grass is host. it has been genetically modified to carry a special protein called a growth factor in its seeds. 0nce protein called a growth factor in its seeds. once the plants reach the end of theirjourney, these seeds are harvested, milled and purified and the resulting growth factor protein can be used to help produce something very unexpected. meat, in a lab without the animals. i m
people to escape. it is important to understand the lives still there, they re in the hands of just one person. reporter: today the russian military announce ad new goal. capturing mariupol and the entire ukrainian coastline as well as creating a land bridge between russian held areas in the east and crimea. there was already fierce fighting in the donbas region in the east. an official says russia has added 20 tactical troops to its forces there over the last week bringing the total to 85. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the moves will not deter ukrainian defenders. translator: none of these steps will help russia and the war against our state. they can only delay the inevitable. the time when the invaders will have to leave our territory. reporter: they released what it says is further evidence of war crimes by russia. intercepted communications by russian commanders ordering soldiers to murder ukrainian prisoners of war. reporter: the u.s. responds to russia s
or this young couple, marina and her boyfriend, fedora, rushing to the hospital after her 18-month-old son was killed by shelling in mariupol. their grief is palpable through the photographs. mourning the loss of a life that had only begun. of course, we know this will not be the end of the grief here in ukraine. earlier today, i asked ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy about the emotional toll this has all taken ukrainians and on him. we ll get to more of that interview in a moment. but ukrainian officials are clear, russia is now seeking revenge after moscow s key warship, the moskva, sank. now the kremlin is claiming russian forces hit a military facility on the outskirts of kyiv, where i m standing. one that produces anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles. it is seen as retaliation for what happened to the moskva. in other parts of the country, shelling. mariupol is in a, quote, dire position. the secretary of state antony blinken is telling european allies is saying h
with more. governor desantis speaking a few minutes ago and yankee town. none of the local reporters there asked desantis about his snub of president biden yesterday. governor desantis described the damage. some people lost their entire homes. some of the homes just washed away that were right there on the water. others had four or 5 feet of water. they are not livable right now. it takes a lot of time. white house press secretary said there was no indication that desantis would not be there to greet the president. he may have had other reasons but he did help us plan this. we saw with fema and decided where we should go. where there would be the least disruption. i m very pleased, the guy, we don t agree very much at all. the former governor now republican senator rick scott who played the role of welcoming committee. [inaudible] and then how fast you improve through fema, the republic assistance. governor desantis met some criticism for not meeting with biden. p
generation and a birth rate that seems to have fallen off a cliff. it means paying for health care and welfare is one of the biggest challenges facing governments around the world. but, this older generation, it represents a huge commercial opportunity, so how do businesses capitalise on the silver consumer? i will be discussing all of that with these two, here they are. we have the director of the centre of population change and the big boss at the mit age lab in boston. also on the show, i am joined by the big boss of moleskin, the luxury accessories company. they provide beautifully bound notebooks every generation. after three years at the helm, they are going to tell us how the business has adapted to the changing demand for stationery. wherever you joining me from around the world. welcome to the show. three score years and ten, what is that? it is a biblical number expressing a typical healthy human life span, 70 years. but, it was only in 2010 that the global life exp